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say, a utility sink, include paints, paint thinners, varnish, oil, gasoline, or kerosene, all of which could contaminate your groundwater and your well.

What of public places with their toilets, sinks, and drains. Consider restaurants, schools, offices, etc., in a rural setting. Think also of all the cleansers and deodorizers going down the drain.

A lot of clean, fresh water is turned into a slimy mess in the space of a few inches, all by people putting themselves between the faucet and the drain.

So where

does it all go?

With the exception of the South Wales subdivision, which has its own wastewater treatment facility, each home and business at Clevenger’s Comer has a septic tank.

The same applies for most of Rappahannock County.

The size of a septic tank for a home is usually determined by the number of bedrooms, and it is assumed there are two people per bedroom.

Each person generates 75 gallons of wastewater per day or 150 gallons per bedroom. A three bedroom home thus has an average outflow of 450 gallons of wastewater per day.

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